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...system uses Pavlovian conditioning to have the user sort cropped faces into left and right categories, originally denoted as "European American" or "African American," a red 'X' signaled when the user makes a selection of which the program does not approve. The second round then replaces these titles with "Bad" and "Good," now flashing words intended to be sorted based on connotations. Later rounds permutate "Good" and "Bad" with "European American" and "African American," in the race test, to measure changes in reaction times when, for example, "Good" is paired with "European American" or "Bad" with "African American". The results...
Hayes’ trip to the finals had a rocky beginning. The senior played in a three-set match in the first round before gaining momentum in later matches. He defeated Dartmouth’s Chris Ho, 6-7, 7-6, 6-4, in the first round, the Big Green’s Curtis Roby, 7-6, 6-3, in the quarterfinals, and Brown’s Andrew Yazmer, 6-7, 6-2, 10-6, in the semifinals before losing to Freeman 6-4, 6,4 in the final round of Flight...
Another strong performance came from newcomer Tunc Kiymaz, who, like Hayes, reached the final round of his flight before losing to a talented Dartmouth contender. In his path to the final round, Kiymaz defeated MIT’s Brian Oldfield, 6-4, 6-7, 6-1, in the first round and Brandeis’ Steven Nieman, 7-5, 6-4. The Big Green’s Kevin Cox won Flight B after beating Kiymaz...
...doubles play, sophomore Mac McAnulty and Kiymaz fell in the first round to Brandeis duo Steven Nieman and Nick White, 8-2, while Hayes and Mangham reached the semifinal round before being overcome by Freeman and Malizia of Dartmouth...
...seemed to recognize its irrelevance. By many accounts, its insistence on a second vote was intended as leverage to press Karzai into accepting a unity government with Abdullah rather than to actually go through with the poll. But Karzai called Washington's bluff, insisting on a second round he was confident of winning. Meanwhile, Abdullah, claiming that he'd be cheated again and probably recognizing that he was never likely to win even a clean election against Karzai, made clear his intention to boycott the runoff early on. The runoff was unlikely to help stabilize the country or resolve...